[gtxvideo vid='Ptio2kpa' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Ptio2kpa.jpg' vtitle='Tax Free Weekend Dates'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)--Mark your calendar, it's almost time for the Tax Free Holiday. The SC Department of Revenue has set the dates for the annual sales tax weekend. It runs this Friday, August…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)--South Carolina's largest provider of behavioral therapy for children with autism is paying the federal government $8.8 million to settle fraud allegations. After an investigation the US Attorney's Office says the EAP submitted false claims to Tricare and…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)-- A former lieutenant with the Department of Juvenile Justice will spend a year in prison after pleading guilty to hog-tying two inmates for making too much noise. According to the US Attorney's Office, Nicole Samples was sentenced…
Forest Acres, S.C. (WOLO)-- 21 people including seven children are out of their home after fire tore through an apartment complex. A spokesperson for the Columbia Fire Department says it happened around 10PM Wednesday night…
Singer/Actress Beyonce is changing the the history of the magazine Vouge. What she's done to alter the publication's 126 year history.
LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO)-The need for people to protect and serve is a problem for several agencies in the Midlands. Across Lexington County, for instance, they're currently looking to fill more than 100…
[gtxvideo vid='F2pMIzkA' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/F2pMIzkA.jpg' vtitle='GUARD RAISES'] COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)-- Henry McMaster’s cabinet members gave their reports to him and Department of Corrections Director Bryan Sterling was among them. Sterling has had a rocky year with many violent incidents in his prisons,…
[gtxvideo vid='PYgpvlme' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/PYgpvlme.jpg' vtitle='Columbia Police and Library Team up for Book Fair'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)--Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin and Police Chief Skip Holbrook are encouraging kids to open a book. This week, the two hosted the 'Books 2 Boys and…
[gtxvideo vid='PNV8EhNf' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/PNV8EhNf.jpg' vtitle='C of C affirmative action'] CHARLESTON, SC (WOLO) - The College of Charleston says it is resuming affirmative action in its admissions process after stopping it two years ago. The Post and Courier reports the college will…
[gtxvideo vid='OcgPIGWn' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/OcgPIGWn.jpg' vtitle='Hail satan teens'] UNION COUNTY, SC (WOLO) - Four upstate teens are accused of carving the words "hail Satan" on a church in the upstate. Union County Sheriff David Taylor says it happened at Welcome Baptist Church…
A Democratic candidate for State Senate lands a big endorsement for the upcoming special election.
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said today that six individuals have pled guilty this week for their roles in the theft and sale of nearly $400,000 worth of personal property stolen from victims in Marlboro…
[gtxvideo vid='cpvvKDTj' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/cpvvKDTj.jpg' vtitle='Street in Lexington reopens after closure to compromise'] LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO)-- Wednesday, Lexington Police announced that the 100 Block of Glynway Avenue has reopened. The area was closed Tuesday after a pond dam was compromised at the…
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[gtxvideo vid='ypSqEvYd' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/ypSqEvYd.jpg' vtitle='Lexington teen charged in armed robbery step father sought']
[gtxvideo vid='35fxglhf' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/35fxglhf.jpg' vtitle='SC Tax Free Weekend Ahead'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Mark your calendar, it's almost time for the Tax Free Weekend. The SC Department of Revenue has released the dates for the annual sales tax holiday. It will run…
FAIRFIELD COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- It has been one year since the VC Summer nuclear plant shut down which cost thousands of people their jobs. Some of them are still feeling the…
[gtxvideo vid='qKsJfhMi' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/qKsJfhMi.jpg' vtitle='Mars makes closest approach to Earth in last 15 years'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) - If you were up very early Tuesday (7/31) morning you may have seen Mars in a new light. Mars came as close to…
by Wednesday it could be legal for one state to post downloadable 3D guns for their use, but gun control advocates are firing back asking for a stop before the move becomes law.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)-- SCANA held a special shareholder meeting to vote on whether or not they were going to approve merging with Virginia company Dominion Energy. During the Tuesday meeting, 72 percent…
Lexington, SC (WOLO) --- We have an update to a story we have been following since it broke earlier this evening. Lexington Police say one Lexington road…
Jenkinsville, S.C. (WOLO) - Jenkinsville Water Company has put residents under a boil water advisory. The company says residents on Fish Hook Rd, Eagle Trails Rd and Mickey Rd are urged to boil their water before use.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Are you ready for some softball? The Columbia Parks & Recreation Department is now accepting registrations for coed adult kickball league, and the men’s and coed softball leagues. According to the City Parks Department, the registration information…
[gtxvideo vid='uf7ScGnB' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/uf7ScGnB.jpg' vtitle='SC Among lowest Gas Prices in Nation'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Good news for drivers looking to fill up at the pump According to AAA, our state has among the cheapest gas prices in the country. In South…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- It's been talked about for more than a decade, but now people are starting to see some growth in the Bullstreet district, one restaurant at a time. Developers expect the project…
